Wall-board seam and fastening strip



6. BETZ WALL BOARD SEAM AND FASTENING STRIP Filed July 8, .1921

, material, the latter being secured being had to the accompanying of :1 splice for the wall strips;

Patented @ct. 23,

CHARLES BETZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSG'URZ.

WALL-BOARD SEAM AND GEASTENING STRIP.

Application filed July 3, Serial 310. 483,274.

ii 10m 2'; may concern: a it known that 1, CHARLES Bniz, a citof the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Wall- Board Scam and Fastening Strip, of which the following is a specification. reference drawing,

forming a part thereof. ,1

This invention relates generallyto fastening strips and, more particularly, to a certain new and useful strip adapted especially for securing or fastening material, such as beaver board,sect1onsor the like,

to studding or other frame-work in the formation of walls and partitions The principal object of my present invention is to provide means in the form preferably strips of simple and inexpensive form and construction which may be readily nailed or otherwise fixed to the studding or other frame-work and by which wall-forming panels or sectlons, such as, for instance, sections of beaver-board or the like, may be in place by b dyin my invention;

yices or strips Figure 2 is a of one of the wall strips Figure 3.is ,a fragmental perspective view Figure 4 is a fragmental erspective view of one of the corner ,or ang e strips,

Figure 5 is 4 an enlarged sectional plan view showing'apair of wall-boards, a studding, and one of my Wall strips as nailed to the studding and holding the two wall- 7 boards in place; and

I view showing-a pair of wall-boards,

Figure 6 an enlarged sectional plan a stud ding, and one of my corner or angle strips of suitably elongated metallic of wall posed as shown,

fragmental perspective view 'with'the nails 6 so dispose as nailed to the studding and securely holdthe wall-boards in relat ve angular disposition,

Referring now by numerals to the draw ings, 1 designates an intermediate studding or post of a building-Waller partition, and

2 designates the corner or end studding of walls disposed relatively at an angle. 3 designates panelso'r sections of wall formingmaterial, such as, for instance, commercial beaver board, adapted for location and for securen'ient upon the studding 1 and'2 to complete the wall orpartition. As is common, the wallboards or se ctions of material 3 areuniformly pre-sized and are'ordinarily of rectangular-oblong shape. 'Ordinarily such wall boards are butt-fitted over aframe element andsecured by nailing through theboa'rdsinto the frame element.

Obviously where headed nails are'employed, the greatest precision and skill must be ex ercisedto avoid a grotesque arrangement ofnail heads,' and obviously further! where headless or. finish nails are employed, the holding, at best, is insecure, eventhough a relatively great number .of nails is used. It is also quite'c'ommon today'that in the bandling of'the wall-boards in commerce, much damage is done the niargins-hence( the 0rdin'ary wall or partition presents, unsightly seams or joints between boards.-

In the construction of a wall according to my invention, the boards 3 are substantially batted over a frame element, such as a studding 1, and secured by a strip 4 of-preferably or substantially T-section whose flanges 4 overlap the margins of the boards 3 and Whoserib or web l resides or'is disboards 3. At intervals-the-rib or web 4; is provided with enlarged apertures such asthe slots 5, whose trendsare lengthwise of the web, and which are Bush with the inside 1 faces of the flanges; 1

' Into each of the slots 5, the head of, pref ordinary wire nail 6 is placed.

.erably an between marginsof the ice with its. shank disposed parallel with the j 'web and at a right angle to the flanges, and by pressure upon or impacting ofthe strip 4 ,the strip is moved towardthe studding, the nails sunk into the studding, and the flanges of the strip imbedded to flush with the outer sur face of the wall-boards, as'best shown in Figure 5.

"i'o provide substantially continuous strip of relatively great length, I preferably employ a substantially Ci-shaped splice or connecting member 7, as shown in Figure 3, 'which comprises hooked flanges for riding over the. contiguous flanges a of the strips 4, and whose function .is to stifien, as well as to conceal, a joint between two ofthe strips 4. I

By preference the wall strips 4 are made of relatively heavy material, as by rollin in order to provide against distortion -in placement, and inorder to provide rigidity or stifiness between sec-uring points, such as the slots 5, to facilitate the fastenin of the strip by a minimum number of nai s. The

modified form of St1lp8'ShbWI1-ii1 Figures V4 and 6, is also substantially T-shape in cross-section, the same comprising .op-

positely presented iflanges 9 and a substantially central rib or web 10, but whose rib or web is doubled forming'a channel 11-,

'- and which is provided at spaced intervals with nail-perforations 12. This form of strip adapts itself admirably to corners asshown in Figure 6, and its placement and securement is obtained by the insertion of suitable nails 13 through the channel 11 and perforations 12, driving same into the 'studding 2, and then shaping and crimping the strip to imbed' its flanges 9 in the adjacent boards and to close the mouth of the channel 11 to conceal the heads'of the nails 13, as best seen in Figure 6;

My new strips may be inexpensively manufactured, and by the use of strips in accordance with my invention, 1 am enabled to quickly, conveniently, "tightly, securely, andeiiiciently bind and fasten wall-boards or sections in place and form a substantially seamless, smooth wall or partition, the margins of theseveml sections being covered and the joints therebetwe'en, both at corners and throughout the wall, being concealed.

: Imay add that the strips enable the wall to more positively resist" combustion nails, or other fastening means of the wall sections are concealed; and cracking of paper or other wall surfacing inaterialat seams is ob viated. i i

' 1 am. aware that changes in the form and construction of my new fastening strips parallel with the under face of said flanges I for accommodating only the heads of strip-- "fastening members when the shanks thereof are disposed parallel to the web.

2. A wall-board fastening and jointconcealing strip, the same including a pair of substantially Tshaped sections disposed end to end and each comprising a weband oppositely disposed flanges presented outwardly fromJthe web, in combination with a substantially 'C-shaped memberhaving engagement with the. flanges of said'section's for splicing the sections together.

' 3. In combination with a wall-forming element" and a pair of wall boards, a

, fastening and joint concealing member for the boards in the form of a strip of substantially T-form,'th'e same comprising a web and apair of flange-sections oppositely projecting laterally from an end of, and.

disposedat an angle to, the web, the strip being disposed with its web between the boards and seemingly engaging at its said flanges 'witlr and upon the outer marginal face o t said" boards, the 'web of the strip I having spaced apertures, and securing nails 'for the strip and boards havingengagement'at said apertures, and

made he made and substituted for these.

disposed at their'shanks parallel, with the web.- v

in testimony whereof, I have signed niy name to this specification.

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